Coin-controlled clock and saving-bank.



B QM No. 826,933. PATENTED JULY 24, i906.

' A. J. HALL.

COIN CONTROLLED CLOCK AND SAVINGS BANK.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.14.1904.

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PATENTBD JULY 24, 1906.

A. J. HALL. COIN CONTROLLED CLOCK AND SAVINGS BANK.

APPLICATION FILED 0013,14, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COIN-CONTROLLED CLOCK-AND SAVINGS-BANK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

} Application filed October 14. 1904. Serial No. 228,438.

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Clocks and Savings-Banks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in coin-controlled clocks and savings-banks and the object of my improvements is to provide a combined clock and savings-bank which will require a coin to be deposited in the savingsbank previous to each winding of the clock. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my invention; Fig. 2, a view of same with the clock removed; Fig. 3, a rear view of my savings-bank; Fig. 4 a view of same with the back of the bank removed; Fig. 5, a view of the right-hand end of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, an inverted rear view of the up er left-hand corner of Fig.

' Hinged to the under side of the of Fig. 2, and Fig.

- is a guide-plate f and a stop 9, a A guide coins into the slot d.

4; Fig. 7, a view 0 the upper central portion 8 a slde detail view of a staii employed in my invention. Referring to the drawings in detail, a represents the savings-bank, the exterior of which is desi ed to imitate a miniature piano. Formed in t e left-hand end of the bank is a slot 0. to receive coins and an opening a adapted to receive bills. A removable portion of the back of the bank is secured in place by means of an interiorly'arran ed lock aving a keyhole a. At the top of t e bank is a cylindrical case a, adapted to receive and to house a clock I).

Projecting from the top of the bank is a chute 0, adapted to receive coins and to conduct same into the bank. The interior of the bank is divided into two compartments by means of a horizontal partition d, in the ends of which are formed slots (1 and d respectively. partition is a lid 6, adapted when the bank is inverted to cover the slot (F, as indicated by the dotted lines e, and thereby revent coins from being extracted through t e slot. Above the artition is a convex guidelate f, adapte to conduct coins from the s ot a to the, slot (P.

On the o posite side of the slot d is a guidestop 9, a apted to guide the coin into the slot d. Above the opposite end of the artition apted to In the upper compartment of the bank below the chute c is an inclined h and havingits upper end suitably secured to plate It, provided with a flange the under side of the top of the bank. Secured between the upper endof the plate h and'the bank-top is a spring i, which has its free end adapted to engage coins inserted in the chute c. The purpose of this spring will hereinaiter appear.

In the upper compartment a horizontal tilting arm 7' is mounted on a pivot-pin k, which passes through the centre portion of the arm and has one end secured in the side of the bank. .In one end (hereinafter called the inner end) of the said tilting arm is formed an opening to receive the staff Z, which asses through an opening in the lower part oi the clock-case and throu h a keeper m on the inside of the back of t e case and has on its upper end ashutter m, adapted to normally occupy a position between the keyhole a in the back of the clock-case and the winding-post of'the clock in such man- The opposite end of the staff Z passes through saidopening in the tilting arm and extends upward through a keeper n, secured to the rear side of the clock-case, and has its top portion bent over and adapted when raised to engage a spring 0, secured to the under side of the top of the bank. Secured to the tilt ing arm, between the staff and the pivot-pin 7c, is a vertical lifting-bar. p, which passes through the lower part of the clock-case and through a keeper g on the inside of the case and has on its upper end a button p, adapted to be engaged by the clock-key r after a coin has been deposited in the bank, as will hereinafter be more fully explained.

Below the tilting arm andhinged to the inside of the bank is a dog s, adapted when the bank is inverted to rest against the tilting arm, as shown in Fig. 6, and thereby cause the shutter m to retain its normal position should the bank be inverted. To wind the clock, a coin is inserted in the chute c and is engaged by the sprin 4, until pushed down by chute is tossed by the said spring toward the end of the bank and dro s down edgewise against the outer end of t e tilting arm, as shown in Fig. 4. The weight of the coin when thus inserted moves the arm to the position indicated by the dotted lines 1" and incidentally raises the shutter to the osition indicated by the dotted lines m so t at the key may be inserted to wind the clock. As the key is turned it engages the button p and raises the lifting-bar p to the position indianother coin or the ike, and as it clears the IIO the clock.

cated by the dotted lines 12 and tilts the arm to the positions indicated by the dotted lines 7' thus releasing the coin, which drops down through the slot d into the lower compartment. After the clock has been wound and the key removed the arm and shutter assume their normal positions, so that the clock cannot be wound again without repeating the operation just described.

Near the lower end of the inclined plate h is a horizontal rib h, adapted to engage a strip of cardboard or the like which might otherwise be inserted through the chute to engage and tilt the arm j, so as to raise the shutter m and permit the insertion of the key to wind The action of the spring 1' upon the coins prevent the latter from lodging on the said rib.

. connected with one branch of said arm and having a shutter at one end thereof, a catch arranged to engage the other end of said rod,

a lifting-bar connected with said arm and 0 adapted to be engaged and held by a key, a coin-chute leading from the coin-aperture to the free end of said arm, and means for restoring the pivoted arm to its normal position upon the removal of the key.

2. In combination With a case having key and coin apertures respectively, a coin-controlled apparatus arranged in said case and comprising an arm pivotally mounted therein and adapted to be operated by a coin, a bent rod connected with one branch of said arm and having a shutter secured to one end and a hook formed at its other end, a springcatch adapted to engage said hook, a liftingbar connected at one end with said arm and having on its free end a button ada ted to be engaged by a key inserted in the ey-aperture, a coin-chute leading from the coin-aperture to the free end of said arm, means for restoring the pivoted arm to its normal position, and means for preventing the Withdrawal of coins through said coin-aperture.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- ANDREW J. HALL. Witnesses:

O. K. TREGO, I. DANKS. 

